I am a firm believer of starting your children off early when it comes to reading. I am the type of parent where I want them to destroy books, because that means that they are going through the pages and looking at the pictures, creating their own stories. We have over 700 books in our library, another 700 on our kindles, and even more in … Continue reading Tips to Get your Child to Love to Read
Last week was about the importance of reading to children. This is my experience with reading as a child and adult. Gosh, I love to read now as an adult! I can pick up a book and finish it just a few hours later. I love getting into a story and seeing where it takes me. I can say all this now, but I don’t … Continue reading My Experiences with Reading
Reading is very important to a child’s development. From recognition skills as they look at a picture book to learning the words to read, developing imagination, increasing vocabulary, learning better communication skills, doing better academically, the list goes on and on. Infants are just learning about the world. They only know what you teach them. As they become more alert they are learning and absorbing … Continue reading The Importance of Reading to Your Children
My Stepfather and Mother gave me this book for Christmas last year. It is a great book for any parent. Each day you can read only one page that pertains to that day. These little passages are great for any parent that doesn’t have much time. It is a great reminder each day to live your life and not stress over the small stuff. I … Continue reading Book Review: Meditations for Parents Who Do To Much by Jonathon and Wendy Lazear
Marc Weissbluth does a great job explaining why infants, children and adults need sleep. He describes the importance of sleep and how to establish good sleep patterns from birth. He talks about how to calm all types of fussy infants and children. He goes into detail about how to establish sleep patterns from infants to toddlers and brings in practical tips to help with the out of the … Continue reading Book Review: Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child
I was given the book Growing Grateful Kids by Susie Larson by a friend, who told me that I should read it. I had no idea what the book was about except that it was a parenting book. I listened to my friend and I started to read it; I wasn’t able to put it down! This book was something that I needed to read at this point in … Continue reading Book Review: Growing Grateful Kids
The Italian Grandmama's Guide with Angela DiCicco 